Didactics for Week 1:
Note: Zoom links are listed first, then the session titles. Small group responses during didactics should be added to the shared google document table in the row for your team each day.
Scroll down for schedules for IPE Day Sept 25
Presentation Day Schedule and Zoom Links are on the Presentation Day page (see menu)
Team leaders will provide schedules for small group activities.
The Community Event Calendar (non-PCHC-specific) can be found on Dr. Haley's Community Health page
Course Calendar:
3/27/24, 10:30-11:15am. Online Orientation to Population and Community Health Clerkship
Sept 16-20 daily: 8-9:30a Required didactic sessions on zoom, followed by 10a-4pm population or community-specific content to be developed and led by small group team leaders. You are required to attend unless your team leader has confirmed your absence for other scheduled activities. All sessions will be recorded and uploaded to Blackboard by mid-afternoon.
9/20/24 5:00pm: Written reflection due to team leaders per their direction. You are encouraged to also share with your mentors.
Sept 23-26 daily: Team-specific activities 8-4 to include:
Sept 24: (Optional) Engagement Mixer for Community Health, 2-5pm at the Worcester Area Mission Society, 6 Institute Road, in collaboration with the Higher Ed Consortium of Central MA (HECCMA) and the Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester: Opportunity for engaged learners and community partner sites to connect new learners to the programs and projects they have prioritized for the year. This event is required for MS1s to attend (and they are looking forward to meeting you!) and will also attract learners from other schools and majors. There will also be healthy and delicious local snacks.
Sept 25: Required Interprofessional teamwork simulation activity with MCPHS University pharmacy and Tan Chingfen GSN learners; each team participates for 2 hours on Zoom, working with a multiprofessional team to solve a patient case. Team leaders will schedule their members to participate at 8:30, 11:30 or 2:30. There is one hour of preparatory material for students to review and a question set to be completed prior to attending (see Assignments in Blackboard). The rest of the day is available for small group activity.
CHECK EMAIL or BLACKBOARD for your small group number before arriving for the session. YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW YOUR ASSIGNED SMALL GROUP NUMBER. [PURCH teams to be added before 9/25]
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM n=46
· DermACT - 12
· Geriatrics– Fall Risk & Prevention - 4
· Language Access and Patient Encounters - 8
· Population Health Management - 4
· Prehospital Care and Disaster Management - 9
· Providing Care for the Transgender and Nonbinary Individual – 9
11:30-1:30 n=47
· Casita Cultura Latina - 6
· Food Insecurity in Worcester - 3
· Heartwell Institute - 8
· Intersectionalities of Homelessness - 6
· Moving Worcester - 6
· Parenting and Family Stability - 4
· Providing Compassionate Care to Homeless - 4
· Refugee and Immigrant Health in Worcester - 6
· UMass Memorial Health Doula Program – 4
2:30-4:30 n=45
· Genesis Club - 5
· HIV in MA - 4
· Injury Prevention - 10
· Living with Disabilities - 3
· Preventative Health in Worcester Public Schools - 9
· Prevention of Health Impacts of Climate Change - 3
· See It My Way - 4
· Worcester Healthy Baby Collaborative - 7
Sept 26: Team-specific activities to include a practice presentation to work on timing to fit in 20 minutes and to acknowledge roles of every learner on the team.
Sept 27: Required Presentation Day: mini-conference with 6 different Zoom rooms hosting 20 min presentations starting every 30 minutes from 9-11am and 1-3pm. All sessions will be recorded to Blackboard. Students are required to attend for their two hour session, encouraged to actively participate for the full 4 hours and expected to submit two peer reviews of other teams' talks by Monday morning using the link in Assignments. The schedule is below. Content details are available under Assignments.
2024 Presentation Day Friday, 9/27 Morning Session
9-11am on Zoom. See Presentation Day Tab for final schedule and zoom links
Note that students may also have 90 minute sessions scheduled on this date to meet with their UMass Chan mentors as part of their Becoming a Physician curriculum.
Sept 30: Final day to submit student work - complete ILMs 1 and 2 and post-ILM questions, submit 2 peer reviews, and contribute to Final Presentation (uploading 1 per team using link under Assignments)
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Precourse planning schedule
May-June: Team development
July 1: Team descriptions due
July 15: Catalog to learners for ranking
August 1: Rankings due
August 15: Teams announced
